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Enda O’Doherty and Maurice Earls: The editors of the Dublin Review of Books have put some of the best pieces together in a new anthology. “It’s really a sliver. We wanted to represent the range of subjects that we’ve covered.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne The website that liked books so much it published one
  • Books
  • Arminta Wallace
  • November 30, 2016

‘We love print’, the editors say, but that hasn’t stopped the Dublin Review of Books from thriving online

RTÉ director general to hold ‘town hall’ meetings with staff RTÉ director general to hold ‘town hall’ meetings with staff
  • Media & Marketing
  • Laura Slattery
  • November 29, 2016

Dee Forbes will share plans for loss-making broadcaster on Wednesday

Human rights still crucial as xenophobia and nationalism live on Human rights still crucial as xenophobia and nationalism live on
  • Opinion
  • Philippe Sands
  • November 30, 2016

‘Genocide’ and ‘crimes against humanity’ are real threats with advent of Brexit and Trump

Abbey Theatre announces programme for 2017 Abbey Theatre announces programme for 2017
  • Stage
  • Peter Crawley
  • November 29, 2016

The first programme from the national theatre’s new directors is ‘pragmatic and philosophical’, with an adaptation of Room, a 'greatest hits' of Irish theatre, and work by Roddy Doyle in pubs around the country

David Crone and the art of slow accumulation David Crone and the art of slow accumulation
  • Visual Art
  • Aidan Dunne
  • November 29, 2016

A retrospective of one of Ireland’s best living painters shows he is still innovating

Last night’s TV: Better off Abroad - ramping up the expat envy in Hong Kong Last night’s TV: Better off Abroad - ramping up the expat envy in Hong Kong
  • TV, Radio, Web
  • Kevin Courtney
  • November 28, 2016

There are many Irish living lavish lifestyles in Hong Kong - but don't get too jealous, the clock is ticking down to a return to full Chinese rule

The cocky Co Louth racing driver who was ‘better than Senna’ The cocky Co Louth racing driver who was ‘better than Senna’
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  • Tara Brady
  • November 28, 2016

The lively Louth driver who shoulda coulda been a superstar gets his own movie

TV preview: An Ríl Deal, Rillington Place, The Late Late Toy Show and more TV preview: An Ríl Deal, Rillington Place, The Late Late Toy Show and more
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  • Kevin Courtney
  • November 27, 2016

Tim Roth stars as serial killer John Christie in a new BBC drama; Ryan Tubridy pulls on the festive jumper for the much-loved Late Late kids’ special

Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: Alexis Zoumbas’s ‘A Lament for Epirus 1926-1928’ Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: Alexis Zoumbas’s ‘A Lament for Epirus 1926-1928’
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  • November 27, 2016

This rare collision of tradition and modernity is one of the most beguiling records you will ever hear

Kate Bush: ‘I was beginning to think I’d never play again’ Kate Bush: ‘I was beginning to think I’d never play again’
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The artist talks music, Brexit and more as the album of her rare 2014 live shows is released

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Hailee Steinfeld and Haley Lu Richardson star in this uproariously funny, heart-breaking, and keenly observed teen comedy The Edge of Seventeen: funny, heart-breaking and keenly observed
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This would be a photo of Kim Bartley and Fidel Castro arguing, if the camera with those images hadn’t mysteriously disappeared. Photograph: Rafael Perezrafael Perez/AFP/Getty Images The night I had a stand-up row with Fidel Castro (and won)
Norwegian chess supremo Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen. As well as his genius at the board, the film shows glimpses of his “humanity and warmth”.   Magnus review: a gloriously fun ode to the ‘Mozart of Chess’
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Latest Music

Gerry Davis (left), the 2016 Hennessy Portrait Prize winner, with sitter Sean Guinan. Photo: Anthony Woods Hennessy Portrait Prize 2016: Gerry Davis wins €15,000
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  • Aidan Dunne
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Anderson .Paak of Anderson onstage at the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience last month in New Orleans. Photograph: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty BBC Sound of 2017 list: the tipsters have lost the plot
Selena Gomez accepts the award for Favorite Femal Pop/Rock Artist at last week’s American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Jeff Kravitz/AMA2016/FilmMagic Pop Corner: Rationale drops Prodigal Son; Selena Gomez gets unbroken at the AMAs
  • Donal Dineen’s Sunken Treasure: Alexis Zoumbas’s ‘A Lament for Epirus 1926-1928’
  • Musicians’ favourite emigration songs

Latest Books

Michael Curran: The foundations of Tangerine Press were built on shattered dreams The birth and short life (so far) of independent publisher Tangerine Press
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  • Michael Curran
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Toni Collette in the 1996 film adaptation of Emma by Jane Austen Romantic notions: does fiction warp our thinking about love?
Douglas Hyde poses for his official portait by William Conor. Photograph: Narional Library of Ireland Seeking Douglas Hyde: Ireland’s forgotten patriot
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TV & Radio

George Lee meets some of the 5,000 Irish expats living in in Hong Kong, in Better Off Abroad Last night’s TV: Better off Abroad - ramping up the expat envy in Hong Kong
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Samantha Morton and Tim Roth in Rillington Place, Tuesday, BBC One, 9pm. Photograph: BBC/Des Willie TV preview: An Ríl Deal, Rillington Place, The Late Late Toy Show and more
John F Kennedy v Richard Nixon: the two US presidential candidates debate in 1960 (entry 1). Photograph: Bettmann/Getty 20 great political TV moments
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Screenwriter

Cahiers du Cinema name Toni Erdmann film of the year
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Wes Anderson directs an H&M commercial
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Exploring the rich, vibrant and powerful history of Irish emigrants through their songs

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Abbey directors Neil Murray and Graham McLaren:“It isn’t just one vision. It feels genuinely collaborative, because we’re responding to other artists, other companies – their needs, wants and desires – as well as our own.” Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Abbey Theatre announces programme for 2017
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The first programme from the national theatre’s new directors is ‘pragmatic and philosophical’, with an adaptation of Room, a 'greatest hits' of Irish theatre, and work by Roddy Doyle in pubs around the country

Karen McCartney and Donal Gallery in The Heiress. Photograph: Pat Redmond The Heiress review: youthful desire versus elder tyranny, with a cash prize
Francie Brady appears to seize the narrative from Pat McCabe (above) Whatever happend to Francie Brady?
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Unthinkable

The citizens’ assembly underlines Ireland’s status as ‘the most innovative democracy in Europe’. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill Why Ireland’s citizens’ assembly is a model for Europe
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  • Joe Humphreys
  • November 27, 2016

Unthinkable: Deliberative democracy experiment shows Ireland ‘trusts its citizens, instead of fearing them’

Denominational schools in Berlin can teach religious education through their own faith, as well as an ethics course, but they cannot skip the latter. Photograph: Cesar Manso/AFP/Getty How religion can be taught in a ‘neutral’ way
The secret of happiness is practising compassion, says the Dalai Lama, pictured on a visit to Ireland in 2011. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons Want a kinder world? Then seek help
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Michael Viney's Another Life

Passion for trees: autumnal colours in Co Mayo. Illustration: Michael Viney Another Life: ‘The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second-best is now’

With the sycamore taking over, it is time to get less random about what trees we plant

Long-distance swimmer: one Irish eel covered 6,900km in 10 months. Illustration: Michael Viney Another Life: Tracking the way to Sargasso for Ireland’s silver eels
The freshwater pearl mussel, which has been singled out for special threat of extinction. Illustration: Michael Viney Another Life: Looking after natural world is ever more complex task
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Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks

Silent Moves: the title and action of the piece recall the slapstick comedy of Buster Keaton Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2015 – Silent Moves, by Aideen Barry, Emma O’Kane, Ridgepool Training Centre and Scannán Technologies
  • Catherine Marshall
  • October 15, 2016

The people’s choice for our final artwork was a collaborative project about the challenges faced by people with intellectual disabilities in a society that still restricts their behaviour

Dramatic: the Saw Swee Hock centre bursts up, out and through its medieval-London landscape Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2014 – Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, by O’Donnell + Tuomey
Sinéad Morrissey: more than one way to view history Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2013 – Parallax, by Sinéad Morrissey
  • Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2012 – Commonage, by Culturstruction
  • Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks: 2011 – Laundry, by Louise Lowe
  • Treibh
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Heritage
IMAGEX2COL_B_WEB Chun an tsiopa leabhar leat anois!
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  • Pól Ó Muirí
  • November 28, 2016, 06:25

Tá sé in am an bronntanas bliantúil a cheannach – leabhar Gaeilge

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Donald Trump. grianghraf: reuters/rick wikling Fíorais agus a leanann
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Deirtear gur beo dúinn i saol nach ann don fhírinne ná do na fíorais níos mó

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  • November 28, 2016, 06:00

IMAGEX2COL_B_WEB Altú agus buíochas – dán agus dinnéar
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  • Cathal de Paor
  • November 21, 2016, 06:30

Beidh an t-aisíoc le déanamh ina dhiaidh, agus ní i bhfocail, ach i bhfiacha

Melania Trump. grianghraf: reuters/carlo allegri Melania agus mná eile
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  • Alan Titley
  • November 21, 2016, 06:15

Slán go deo le Maura, Máirín, Moira, Mary, Marie, Maarie, Maureen, Mariya...

Caitríona Hastings, scríbhneoir. grianghraf: peter harkin Triúr scríbhneoirí ag léamh i nGaillimh anocht
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  • November 21, 2016, 06:00

SEANOCOINN_WEB Spreagadh atá de dhíth ar lucht na Gaeilge
  • Treibh
  • Pól Ó Muirí
  • November 14, 2016, 09:16

Beidh obair mhór roimh fhear nua an fhorais

An fearann a goideadh. grianghraf: frank lerner/time life pictures/getty images Iarmhar an áir sna Stáit Neamhaontaithe
  • Treibh
  • Alan Titley
  • November 14, 2016, 06:30

Tá USA inchlúisibh – seachas dóibh siúd ar goideadh an fearann uathu

grianghraf: joe st leger/the irish times Gile na gealaí le feiceáil anocht
  • Treibh
  • Cathal de Paor
  • November 14, 2016, 06:10

Tá seans againn iomlán na gealaí a fheiceáil agus í níos gile ná mar a chonaic formhór againn riamh í

MORGANODRISCOLLNOV2016COTTAGESCONNEMARABYPAULHENRY_WEB Skibbereen art dealer to hold London preview of Irish sale
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  • Michael Parsons
  • November 26, 2016, 06:00

Cork-based Morgan O’Driscoll says response extends ‘far beyond expat community’

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Taking the Donkey Through the Water, by English artist Harold Harvey, depicts an idyllic countryside scene, and is estimated at €8,000-€12,000. Sheppard’s returns to base after series of off-site auctions
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Parsons
  • November 26, 2016, 00:00

Viewing for ‘Dublin & Provincial’ and ‘Classic Art’ sales begins in Durrow, Co Laois

Peacocks at Kilmurry, Co Kilkenny, by Mildred Anne Butler (€2,000-€3,000). Irish art market viewed with ‘continued confidence’, say Whyte’s
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Parsons
  • November 26, 2016, 00:00

RDS auction has paintings from McClelland collection and work by Harry Kernoff

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GORRYGALLERYCONNEMARAGIRLSNOV2016_WEB ‘Connemara Girls’ for sale at Dublin exhibition
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Parsons
  • November 26, 2016, 00:00

Painting is previously unrecognised masterpiece of ‘Irish Colleen’ genre

  • 2 shares
Auction results and fairs: Lavery’s ‘A Windy Day’ makes €1.1m at Christie’s
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Parsons
  • November 26, 2016, 00:00

Sean Scully pastel makes €165,000 at de Veres, while Maureen O’Hara’s estate set for NY auction

The Golf Links, North Berwick’ by Sir John Lavery is estimated at £300,000-£500,000 Lavery’s breezy golf scene among Irish art for sale in London
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Parsons
  • November 19, 2016, 00:00

Auction includes a Jack B Yeats painting expected to make €230,000

B__WEB Mystery Irish buyer ‘thrilled’ with David Bowie’s art auction
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  • Michael Parsons
  • November 19, 2016, 00:00

Singer’s entire collection is sold, including pieces by Jack B Yeats and Louis le Brocquy

The IS porringer (€4,600-€7,000) Rare Irish silver porridge bowl turns up in Essex
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  • Michael Parsons
  • November 19, 2016, 00:00

Bowl made in Dublin in 1659 for auction

An oil portrait of Flight Commander Colin Roy Mac Kenzie by John S. Helier Lander which sold for €1,200 Auctions & Fairs: results and forthcoming events
  • Fine Art & Antiques
  • Michael Parsons
  • November 19, 2016, 00:00

A 1914 Talbot Invincible vintage car sells for €35,000

MGTIMESWE26_WEB From the archive: The Diceman steals the show
  • Heritage
  • Arminta Wallace
  • November 26, 2016, 02:25

Published: September 19th, 1986. Photograph by Paddy Whelan

From the archive: Knitted undies from the shores of Botany Bay
  • Heritage
  • Arminta Wallace
  • November 19, 2016, 02:00

Published: September 22nd, 1955

President Michael D Higgins’s name comes from the Old Scandinavian “vikingr”, meaning “sea rover”. President’s name traced to Vikings but Kenny proves elusive
  • Heritage
  • Frank McNally
  • November 18, 2016, 01:00

Study traces linguistic history and distribution of 45,000 British and Irish surnames

  • 8 shares
GETTYIMAGES-86207061_WEB History of 50,000 Irish and British surnames published
  • Heritage
  • November 17, 2016, 09:03

Four-year study of records dating back to 11th century gets to root of family names

  • 10 shares
Marshal Ferdinand Foch: “I saw Irishmen of the North and the South forget their age-long differences and fight side by side, giving their lives freely for the common cause” Allied commander’s tribute to Irish in first World War recalled
  • Heritage
  • Ronan McGreevy
  • November 12, 2016, 06:00

New memorial in Glasnevin Cemetery pays tribute to the soldiers who died in France

  • 1 comment
  • 6 shares
Poets ponder the meaning of ‘mind the gap
  • Heritage
  • Arminta Wallace
  • November 12, 2016, 01:00

Published: July 7th, 1989

TELEMACHINE_WEB ‘Lusitania’ telegraph machine recovered off Co Cork
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  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 31, 2016, 18:31

Nearly 1,200 died when the ship sank after being struck by a torpedo in May 1915

  • 4 shares
The first pole being erected at Kilsallaghan, Co Dublin, on November 5th, 1946. Photograph: ESB Archives Let there be light: the day all Ireland went electric
  • Heritage
  • Rosita Boland
  • October 29, 2016, 06:00

In our new series, we look at how people reacted to the arrival of electricity 70 years ago

  • 3 shares
The Times We Lived In: Bad hair day – smitten by a squall in the city
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  • Arminta Wallace
  • October 29, 2016, 06:00

Published: November 13th, 1991Photograph by Frank Miller

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